From Arbuckles in Ely to Sainsbury's on Coldham's Lane and beyond to The Earl of Derby on Hills Road.

And each plate of breakfast has presented both soaring highs and crashing lows.

We make a mean cooked breakfast at home (if we do say so ourselves) so we know what we like and we know perfection is possible...

But can any of the Cambridge eateries do it?

We're determined to find out.

During the quest, patterns have appeared correlating a lower price with a disappointing sausage.

And all too often we've been served a rushed rasher of bacon that needed a good 10 minutes extra in the pan.

Don't even get us started on baked beans that breach all acceptable codes of breakfast conduct.

We've had a few shout outs on Facebook for our next stop so, checking the prices online beforehand, we stuffed our pockets with cash and set off to Bill's on Green Street.

Bill's

When we show up at 9am on a Thursday morning, Bill's is already full of breakfasteers and there's just one table left by the window for us.

It's a popular joint and especially popular with people celebrating a special occasion judging by the smart graduation clothes everywhere and cheers of "Happy Birthday!" as one chap rolled up to his table of friends.

The menu tempted us with delicious things like "buttermilk pancakes" and "crab cakes".